China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and his wife, singer Peng Liyuan

With a revolutionary hero for a father and a pop star for a wife, China's new
leader Xi Jinping has impeccable political pedigree but has given few clues
about how he will govern the country. Xi, 59, walked into the Great Hall of
the People in Beijing on Thursday as general-secretary of the Chinese
Communist Party, the most powerful position in the world's most populous
country and second-biggest economy. He is expected to become national
president in March and hold both posts for the next decade.